I've worked with and on computers for nearly thirty years and I'm frequently surprised by the amount of piracy in workplaces. Oh, I'm not talking about out-right piracy like bittorrented copies of cracked Photoshop, but lots of little things.
For instance, I've worked in commercial printers that literally had thousands of typefaces. Let's say you have a job you need printed on a printing press. You collect all the images, layout files, typefaces, etc., and you send that to the printer. The printer is supposed to delete those fonts when the job is complete. They don't, of course, so you have millions of pirated typefaces out there.
Another example: images that are only supposed to be used once, logos "retouched" and used in other publications, templates you're supposed to pay for obtained from non-traditional (i.e. free) sources, trials that miraculously seem to go on forever, etc.
Stuff like this happens in all kinds of offices all over the planet. There are so many companies out there who, if they took a real and honest accounting of the software and tools and plug-ins they have, would find that if they did actually purchase everything they own, they'd likely not have half of it. And if they did, they would have spent themselves into bankruptcy. But they rationalize that it's all necessary, it's something they need to do in order to do business. Indeed, many companies couldn't perform some of their services without the stuff they obtained.
I dunno. I think that, one day, someone really large with lots and lots of locations and chances to pirate stuff is going to get slammed with a huge fine and it's going to open a very large can of worms. If Best Buy really did use Winternals products illegally, it would not surprise me in the slightest, and it would be very, very typical of most companies, large and small.
P.S. And, yes, I can't claim my hands are completely clean.
Most of the problems that I have experienced with my sister's migration stem from her wanting to use particular apps
I have to applaud for trying this on your sister. I don't think you mentioned an age, but I presume she's not geriatric. I would cringe to put anyone young on Linux. The tears when they realize they can't download iTunes or AOL Explorer! *shudder*
I go to a gym and this gym plays a "90's and today" station over their loudspeakers. Now, I've been at this gym nearly two years now and the radio station is playing -- I kid you not -- nearly ALL OF THE SAME DAMN SONGS they were playing when I first started.
What is this? Do people really like this much repetition? Really? I have so much trouble wrapping my head around this. Why on earth would anyone want to listen to something over-and-over again for years, never exploring new ideas, never poking at new tastes? This is really what normal people want?
This study be damned. Have people become so fed up and stressed out with their lives that they just want anything that's familiar? They won't try anything new? They want "Since you been gone" over and over and over and over again?
Sigh. Yet another example that I'm just not normal.
People want to hear the same songs over and over again. People want their "geeks" to show up in uniforms, flashing badges (Geek Squad). People like computers that break within two years. People love wacky laws and think litigators are sexy.
you would "activate" your software license by locally printing out a punch tape which you mail to him and receive a response punch tape with your BASIC interpreter key
An urban legend reports that this is where Gates got his inspiration for Clippy. The punch tape was clipped to the return letter.
While Fatal1ty is capitalizing on his new-found fame, it should be known that Fatal1ty recently lost his self-titled tournament at CES.
Which begs the question: Do we really want to buy a mouse named after someone who loses games? I mean, if you really want to do that, then I will soon announce my WriterMike Mouse. From Zero-To-Throwing the Computer Out The Window in 7.5 seconds.
That presumes people are willing to run their business-critical apps on someone else's remote server. That looks good on paper every time someone proposes it, but Gmail is about the closest I've seen to it actually succeeding.
I think you're point is valid, but this is Right Now. Places like Mailstreet that offer hosted Exchange are doing quite well. Yes, there is hesitation, but that's falling away when companies realize the savings they can reap from this type of situation on hardware, software installation and configuration, administration, off-site back ups, etc. (It must be said, though, that hosted Exchange does become too expensive, very quickly. It only works for small companies on limited budgets and/or individuals who want Exchange connectivity and Outlook Web Access.)
As time goes on, I think more and more people will be quite willing to embrace online hosting, but your point about risk is valid.
Seriously, you can just put different elements in this article and it'll sound the same:
[Affordable Desktop Publishing] will lead to mostly sucky [newsletters]. [Affordable DVD production] will lead to mostly sucky [DVDs]. [Affordable video production] etc...
Having said that, his point about talking heads is worthy. Some of my favorite podcasts have a video component, but they don't try to make the visuals interesting enough to make it worth the download. Diggnation is a perfect example of this. On audio, it's funny, funny. But when you download the video, it's two guys looking mostly at their computer screens and reading with the occasional graphic to show something they reference. I appreciate the effort, but it doesn't make the video a worthwhile download.
Seasoned (or even lightly-seasoned) television producers know this type of video would not go over well today. Can you imagine an entire news broadcast with one announcer, reading a teleprompter out of the shot and away from the camera with no breaks for stories? Even regular news broadcasts get their announcers to swivel the chair from time-to-time.
Ahhhhhhhhh, Microsoft. I tell ya. If I were a tech columnist, I would have a whole backlog of MS-related stories that I could pull out at a moment's notice. Think about it. Editor wants column that gets people talking. Microsoft is a lightning rod. Take anything that Microsoft does and add a little commentary about Open Source -- PRESTO! Instant Column. And I didn't even have to interrupt my end-of-year vacation.
So, for all you folks that keeping asking, "Why?" There is no Why.
It's amazing how many people completely miss the thing. When this happens, over time a large stream of drops grows further and further away from the thing as other pee-ers attempt to refrain from stepping in the missed shots.
Maybe before we figure out whether we need to flush, we should put people in the bathrooms to train people in Urinal Etiquette.
Apple has attracted a group of people that place an inordinate value on aesthetics. This isn't the first grumbling we've heard from the faithfull.
You've a good point, but I believe this can be said for many folks who pay top-dollar for high-ticket items. For some people, they just get pissed at believing the marketing hype. (This is THE PERFECT GADGET EVER!) For others, they feel like they've stretched their entertainment dollar and they want, desperately, to have a perfect whatever.
I don't think it's just an Apple-fan thing. Take a look at all the support forums for any high-dollar product. You'd think that they ALL suck very, very badly.
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"Thomas Crown Affair! Thomas Crown Affair!," one employee shouted.
:-)
Please, allow me to quote Dice Clay.
"You fucking geek."
My theory is that people are sincerely starved for anything Tron. They just can't help themselves.
I've worked with and on computers for nearly thirty years and I'm frequently surprised by the amount of piracy in workplaces. Oh, I'm not talking about out-right piracy like bittorrented copies of cracked Photoshop, but lots of little things.
For instance, I've worked in commercial printers that literally had thousands of typefaces. Let's say you have a job you need printed on a printing press. You collect all the images, layout files, typefaces, etc., and you send that to the printer. The printer is supposed to delete those fonts when the job is complete. They don't, of course, so you have millions of pirated typefaces out there.
Another example: images that are only supposed to be used once, logos "retouched" and used in other publications, templates you're supposed to pay for obtained from non-traditional (i.e. free) sources, trials that miraculously seem to go on forever, etc.
Stuff like this happens in all kinds of offices all over the planet. There are so many companies out there who, if they took a real and honest accounting of the software and tools and plug-ins they have, would find that if they did actually purchase everything they own, they'd likely not have half of it. And if they did, they would have spent themselves into bankruptcy. But they rationalize that it's all necessary, it's something they need to do in order to do business. Indeed, many companies couldn't perform some of their services without the stuff they obtained.
I dunno. I think that, one day, someone really large with lots and lots of locations and chances to pirate stuff is going to get slammed with a huge fine and it's going to open a very large can of worms. If Best Buy really did use Winternals products illegally, it would not surprise me in the slightest, and it would be very, very typical of most companies, large and small.
P.S. And, yes, I can't claim my hands are completely clean.
P.P.S. Don't copy that floppy.
Most of the problems that I have experienced with my sister's migration stem from her wanting to use particular apps
I have to applaud for trying this on your sister. I don't think you mentioned an age, but I presume she's not geriatric. I would cringe to put anyone young on Linux. The tears when they realize they can't download iTunes or AOL Explorer! *shudder*
"Shimatta-baka-ni!"
[[D'oh]]
Sony last week announced that it is working on an emulator that would allow gamers to play PS titles on the PSP.
Reminds me of the old technical support story of the person using a pair of scissors to make the 5.25 inch disk fit the 3.5 inch drive.
I'm not going to claim that Pac-Man or Hearts are comparable to Hamlet or to Mozart's Requiem
Go ahead. It's okay. No one here is going to fault you for it.
I go to a gym and this gym plays a "90's and today" station over their loudspeakers. Now, I've been at this gym nearly two years now and the radio station is playing -- I kid you not -- nearly ALL OF THE SAME DAMN SONGS they were playing when I first started.
What is this? Do people really like this much repetition? Really? I have so much trouble wrapping my head around this. Why on earth would anyone want to listen to something over-and-over again for years, never exploring new ideas, never poking at new tastes? This is really what normal people want?
This study be damned. Have people become so fed up and stressed out with their lives that they just want anything that's familiar? They won't try anything new? They want "Since you been gone" over and over and over and over again?
Sigh. Yet another example that I'm just not normal.
People want to hear the same songs over and over again.
People want their "geeks" to show up in uniforms, flashing badges (Geek Squad).
People like computers that break within two years.
People love wacky laws and think litigators are sexy.
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It's perfect for MSN's iLoo..
From TFA:
professional glass grinder man
Gotta admit, I've never heard of that profession before.
Anywho, what mobo is his using? I just couldn't seem to locate it in his notes...
So, they're just going to submit a bunch of web sites to Digg and Slashdot. Big Deal! :-)
you would "activate" your software license by locally printing out a punch tape which you mail to him and receive a response punch tape with your BASIC interpreter key
An urban legend reports that this is where Gates got his inspiration for Clippy. The punch tape was clipped to the return letter.
Apparently, they'll finally have an answer to their long-unanswered question, "How can you mend a broken heart."
They got in "trouble," but its quite likely that the benefits of doing this and killing the iPod would far outweigh any consequences.
For who? Oh, for Microsoft. What about the consumers? Seriously! I really don't care who wins. I want a good, portable music player.
While Fatal1ty is capitalizing on his new-found fame, it should be known that Fatal1ty recently lost his self-titled tournament at CES.
Which begs the question: Do we really want to buy a mouse named after someone who loses games? I mean, if you really want to do that, then I will soon announce my WriterMike Mouse. From Zero-To-Throwing the Computer Out The Window in 7.5 seconds.
Last time I checked, porn didn't require a special OS, or even a computer.
:-)
Even so, any OS worth anything can play video. It's not hard.
Ummmm... then perhaps it's the DVDs you're renting?
5) Range is 3200 nm with a full payload.
;-)
3200 NANOMETERS?!?!??!?!?!?
That presumes people are willing to run their business-critical apps on someone else's remote server. That looks good on paper every time someone proposes it, but Gmail is about the closest I've seen to it actually succeeding.
I think you're point is valid, but this is Right Now. Places like Mailstreet that offer hosted Exchange are doing quite well. Yes, there is hesitation, but that's falling away when companies realize the savings they can reap from this type of situation on hardware, software installation and configuration, administration, off-site back ups, etc. (It must be said, though, that hosted Exchange does become too expensive, very quickly. It only works for small companies on limited budgets and/or individuals who want Exchange connectivity and Outlook Web Access.)
As time goes on, I think more and more people will be quite willing to embrace online hosting, but your point about risk is valid.
Seriously, you can just put different elements in this article and it'll sound the same:
[Affordable Desktop Publishing] will lead to mostly sucky [newsletters].
[Affordable DVD production] will lead to mostly sucky [DVDs].
[Affordable video production] etc...
Having said that, his point about talking heads is worthy. Some of my favorite podcasts have a video component, but they don't try to make the visuals interesting enough to make it worth the download. Diggnation is a perfect example of this. On audio, it's funny, funny. But when you download the video, it's two guys looking mostly at their computer screens and reading with the occasional graphic to show something they reference. I appreciate the effort, but it doesn't make the video a worthwhile download.
Seasoned (or even lightly-seasoned) television producers know this type of video would not go over well today. Can you imagine an entire news broadcast with one announcer, reading a teleprompter out of the shot and away from the camera with no breaks for stories? Even regular news broadcasts get their announcers to swivel the chair from time-to-time.
Ahhhhhhhhh, Microsoft. I tell ya. If I were a tech columnist, I would have a whole backlog of MS-related stories that I could pull out at a moment's notice. Think about it. Editor wants column that gets people talking. Microsoft is a lightning rod. Take anything that Microsoft does and add a little commentary about Open Source -- PRESTO! Instant Column. And I didn't even have to interrupt my end-of-year vacation.
So, for all you folks that keeping asking, "Why?" There is no Why.
Anyways, I would hardly call it "accidential".
Heh. That reminds me of that Louie Anderson joke.
"People would say, 'Does he know he's that fat?'
Like I woke up one morning and said, 'oh noooooooooooooooooooooo...'"
Did you make it out of that 3-way alive?
You didn't acidentally send an IMissive about your girlfriend's nipples to your client, I hope.
Hmmm... that might have made for some interesting extra-business activity. A 3-way, becomes a THREE-WAY.
Why can't men use the urinals properly?
It's amazing how many people completely miss the thing. When this happens, over time a large stream of drops grows further and further away from the thing as other pee-ers attempt to refrain from stepping in the missed shots.
Maybe before we figure out whether we need to flush, we should put people in the bathrooms to train people in Urinal Etiquette.
Apple has attracted a group of people that place an inordinate value on aesthetics. This isn't the first grumbling we've heard from the faithfull.
You've a good point, but I believe this can be said for many folks who pay top-dollar for high-ticket items. For some people, they just get pissed at believing the marketing hype. (This is THE PERFECT GADGET EVER!) For others, they feel like they've stretched their entertainment dollar and they want, desperately, to have a perfect whatever.
I don't think it's just an Apple-fan thing. Take a look at all the support forums for any high-dollar product. You'd think that they ALL suck very, very badly.